After a prolonged absence, Jonathan Holmes, Caitlin Cook, and Conrad Zimmerman catch up and talk about some of the interesting games they saw at PAX East. Plus, discussion of Batman cartoons and the beginnings of an tropical regime take root. Music by DST.

This week on Podtoid, we talked extensively about video games, as well as Cheech & Chong, Tim Schafer, and Macauley Caulkin. But we also suffered some major technical difficulties, so we lost about an hour of the conversation. We pressed on regardless, but then got even weirder technical difficulties. Podtoid is Jonathan Holmes, Caitlin Cooke, Conrad Zimmerman, Andy Dixon, and Max Scoville.

Here we are again, my darlings. This week, Max Scoville, Jonathan Holmes, and Conrad Zimmerman discuss getting old, The Offspring, the collapse of society in the coming decades, and the fact that Spider-Man was touched as a child by a man named Skip. No, for real. Also, video games are mentioned briefly.

After a longer-than-normal hiatus, the gang is back together this week to discuss Max's trip to Japan, Jonathan's old dirty magazines, Caitlin's casting choices for The Last of Us movie, and Conrad's beard compatibility.

This week on Podtoid, Jonathan Holmes is once again dead in a chemical fire, so it's just Conrad Zimmerman, Andy Dixon, and Max Scoville. The gang discusses forklift missions, sex, babies, Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends, and The Fugees' breakthrough 1996 hip-hop album "The Score."

This week's gritty post-apocalyptic Podtoid is only Max, Conrad, and Caitlin, as they discuss The Last Of Us, BioShock, beards, how Troy Baker doesn't have a beard, the Metal Gear Solid 2 ice bucket, and Max's limited edition Jazz Punk vacuum cleaner.